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The brutal politics of sequestration
Tweet The following post is a transcript of a 4-minute weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations: In December 1995, just one year after the Gingrich Revolution when Republicans captured the House and Senate in the 1994 mid-term … Continue reading
Op-ed: The House has got dating all wrong
Tweet There is an axiom that Utah culture is only a decade, perhaps even only a few years, behind a broader American culture in decline. Recently, as the Utah House of Representatives debated the Dating Violence Protection Act, HB50, further … Continue reading
Stuck inside a selfish box
Tweet The following post is a transcript of a four-minute weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations: For nearly eight years, Jim Ferrell has been a part of Sutherland Institute’s Transcend Series of lectures and classes. We created … Continue reading
Smoking, dating, and competing rights
Tweet The following post is a transcript of a weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations: Well into the new legislative session, already we see signs that state legislators struggle to discern first principles from ideological preferences and … Continue reading
3 reasons BSA shouldn’t cave in
Tweet The following post is a transcript of a weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations: The Boy Scouts of America were scheduled this week to decide whether or not to lift its long-standing ban on accepting homosexual … Continue reading
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Spinning the news to create wedges in Mormondom?
Tweet Just a quick thought on how the pro-homosexual media spins even the clearest statements to favor its ideological … oops, I mean journalistic … opinions. The Salt Lake Tribune’s religion reporter, Peggy Fletcher Stack, relishes every opportunity to create wedges … Continue reading
What the Republican Party needs to champion
Tweet The following post is a transcript of a weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations: There is growing angst in Republican circles over the direction the Republican Party ought to take. While I am not a Republican … Continue reading
Obama’s utopia
Tweet The following post is a transcript of a weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations: With the second inauguration of President Barack Obama, his speech was impressive – even Reaganesque. He began by citing the Declaration of … Continue reading
The Sundance tempest
Tweet Last week my Sutherland colleague Derek Monson wrote about the Sundance Film Festival. To highlight the unbelievable truth that a whole bunch of your tax dollars go to a film festival in Park City, Derek mentioned a few of … Continue reading
Governor Herbert: a gut conservative
Tweet In the course of my career I’ve met many politicians. I have seen the worst of them and I’ve seen who I consider to be the best of them. Personally identifying with a politician – seeing them as friends … Continue reading
Budget deal? It’s just more spending
Tweet In these weekly commentaries I try to stay pretty even-keeled but the whole “fiscal cliff” mess has driven me over the edge. The nation – the American people – are $16 trillion in debt – $16 trillion with no … Continue reading
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Placing politics ahead of faith
Tweet Progressives’ favorite go-to Mormon gal is Joanna Brooks. She has secular credentials they like (associate professor in English at San Diego State) and she passes the key test of being a female progressive who enjoys sharing provocative ideas about … Continue reading
Our best gun control
Tweet In 2008, the United States Supreme Court ruled that “the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense” as it struck down a gun ban in the District of Columbia – the … Continue reading
Homosexuality, the LDS Church, and the Supreme Court
Tweet Last week The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a new website targeted to people struggling with homosexuality and the relationships they have within their families and faith community. In announcing this unprecedented outreach, LDS Church Apostle … Continue reading
Spending pledges vs. spending limits
Tweet As Congress begins to drive America off the fiscal cliff, the politics of taxes and spending will reach new levels of absurdity. Over 20 years ago a young upstart in Washington, D.C., Grover Norquist, began an anti-tax campaign calling … Continue reading